Banning woman to be arraigned in 2012 homicide case

RIVERSIDE -- One of two suspects in a 2012 homicide in Banning was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning in Riverside.

Amy Lou Daniel, 30, was expected to appear at the Riverside Hall of Justice, according to booking records. Daniel and Brian Thomas Matheis, 30, both of Banning are suspected of shooting and killing Joshua Lee Fredieu, a 32-year-old Banning man, in August 2012.

Authorities believe the coupled executed a neighbor they falsely believed had molested their 4-year-old daughter.

Banning police initially came to the intersection of Plaza and Florida streets regarding what was believed to be a traffic collision, but then found Fredieu dead in the driver’s seat.

Police arrested Daniel on Aug. 13 and booked her into Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in lieu of $1 million.

Matheis is serving a nine-year prison term on an unrelated case, police said. He is scheduled to be arraigned on the homicide charge Sept. 11.